Tag: Bengali Muslim migrant workers
Bangladeshi? Why a Political Label Is Becoming a Death Sentence for India’s Migrants
Across India, Bengali Muslim migrant workers face fear, detention and death driven by identity suspicion, where accents and names turn livelihoods into risks and citizenship itself becomes conditional
SPEAKING BENGALI, BEING MUSLIM: The Twin ‘Crimes’ That Invite Detention in BJP States
Bengali Muslim migrant workers are being detained, assaulted, and harassed across BJP-ruled states for speaking their language or due to their identity. Despite valid documents, many face profiling as 'Bangladeshis'. Families back home live in fear, while civil society and opposition leaders call it a targeted communal campaign.
TERRORIZED FOR TONGUE & FAITH: Bengali Migrant Workers Brutalized in BJP-Ruled States
Bengali Muslim migrant workers from West Bengal face rising hostility in BJP-ruled states like Odisha and Gujarat. They are harassed, assaulted, and often labeled as illegal Bangladeshis. Many return home in fear, jobless and traumatized, as communal profiling and police inaction fuel a growing humanitarian and economic crisis.